November, 1913.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



43 



MESSRS. JAMES VEITCH & SONS: 

 ORCHID SPECIES. 



(Coniinrccd f?-om pai^e 21.) 



OdONTOGLOSSUM KraMERI. — A native of 

 Costa Rica, where it was discovered by Carl 

 Kramer, and introduced through him in 1868. 

 This rare plant is said to be restricted to a 

 single locality on the mountain slopes near 

 the Pacific coast, and is believed to be well- 

 nigh exterminated owing to the destruction 

 of the forests for agricultural purposes. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CORADINEI. — Intro- 

 duced in an importation of Od. crispum in 

 1872. Reichenbach, who named the plant, 

 suggested that it was probably a natural 

 hybrid between triumphans and some species 

 of the odoratum group. It has now been 

 proved that crispum and Lindleyanum are 

 the real parents. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI, VARIETY 

 Veitchianurl — A superb variety which 

 appeared in an importation of the species. 

 The plant first flowered in England, March, 

 1882, and subsequently passed into the 

 celebrated collection of Baron Schroder. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM RETUSUM. — A rare 

 species, discovered by Hartvveg in 1841 on 

 rocks in the mountains of Saraguru, near 

 Loxa, Ecuador, and first flowered at Chelsea 

 in 1882. In habit and inflorescence it 

 resembles O. Edwardii, but the flowers are 

 orange-red in colour with a green line at 

 the base of the sepals and petals. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM UrO-SkiNNERL— Sent 

 to Chelsea from Guatemala by Mr. Ure- 

 Skinner in 1854, but not flowered until 1859, 

 a delay probably due to the defective 

 treatment cool Orchids then received. 



Oncidium CURTUM.— Introduced from the 

 Organ Mountains, Brazil, through William 

 Lobb, in 1 84 1 -2. A well-known cool house 

 Orchid. 



Oncidium metallicum.— Introduced from 

 New Grenada, where it was discovered by 

 Wallis. The flowers are of a rich chestnut- 

 brown colour with a distinct metallic hue. 



Oncidium superbiens.— A native of the 

 forests of Venezuela and New Grenada, 



where it was discovered at about the same 

 time by Fiinck and Slim, in 1847, and by 

 Purdie in the province of Ocana. It was 

 introduced to this country in 1 871, and first 

 flowered at Chelsea in the spring of 1872. 



Pachystoma Thompsoniana. — This 

 elegant species, now known as Ancistrochilus 

 Thomsonianus, was introduced through 

 Kalbreyer, by whom it was discovered on the 

 mountains of Old Calabar, West Tropical 

 Africa, and dedicated at his request to the 

 Rev. George Thomson, for many years a 

 missionary in that part of the world. 



Phaius CALLOSUS. — A native of Java, first 

 flowered in March, 1848, the specific name, 

 " thick-lipped," being derived from the 

 prominent callus which passes from the lip 

 down the tube. The flowers are reddish- 

 brown in colour, tipped with dingy-white. 



Phaius philippinensis. — Discovered by 

 David Burke on the slopes of the hills at 

 3,CK)0 to 4,000 feet elevation, in the island 

 of Mindanao, and interesting as being the 

 first species of the genus Phaius to be 

 discovered in the Philippines. It flowered for 

 the first time at Chelsea in 1889, and as a 

 species is remarkably distinct. 



PhaL/ENOPSIS AMABILIS. — This very 

 beautiful species was known as far back as 

 1750, in which year Rumphius figured it in 

 his Hcrbariini! Aniboincnsc. It was intro- 

 duced into British gardens by Thomas Lobb, 

 who sent plants from Java to Exeter in 1846, 

 which flowered for the first time in England 

 in September of the following year. All 

 collectors in that region since Lobb mention 

 P. amabilis, and agree in reporting it as 

 growing near the seashore. Burbidge found 

 it in Labuan and North Borneo, Curtis 

 detected it in North Celebes, and Burke 

 met with a small variety in South-west New 

 Guinea. 



Phal/enopsis intermedia.— Introduced 

 by Thomas Lobb in 1852 among an impor- 

 tation of Phalaenopsis Aphrodite. Later a 



